Collapsible shoe shiner



E. J. YOUNG COLLAPS IBLE SHOE SHINER Filed March 1'7, 1924 Patented Dec. 16 1224.

UNITED rates EDWARD JAMES YOUNG, OF MILJV'AUKEE, WISCONSIN.

COLLAPSIBLE SHOE SHINER.

Application filed March 17, 192

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD JAMES YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gollapsible Shoe Shiners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a collapsible shoe shiner, and particularly to an improvement upon the construction shown in my Patent Number 1,250,069 dated December 11. 1917, wherein the supporting rollers for the polishing cloths are provided at the sides and adjacent the heel portion of the foot plate.

In order to provide for the convenient storage and transportation of the device it has been found desirable to utilize means to permit the folding of the inclined supporting rollers at the heel portion of the plate and for the actuation of these rollers into operative position by the contact of the shoe with a connecting member.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved construction of shoe shining device comprising a foot plate having rollers disposed at opposite sides thereof to receive a polishing cloth and 'adjust ably mounted folding rollers disposed at the rear of the foot plate to receive a cloth to be used in polishing the heel portion of a shoe.

A further object of the invention is to present a new construction by which the inclined rollers for the polishing cloth at the heel of the shoe are adapted to automatically fold into position substantially parallel with the foot plate and to be raised into operative position by the contact of a shoe with a strap connecting the rollers.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of heel rest upon the foot plate in order to enable the shoe to be firmly supported relative to the rollers carrying the polishing cloths.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention with parts in section;

Figure 2 is a top plan thereof;

Figure 3 is a rear elevation; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail section of Serial No. 699,915.-

the pivotal mounting for one of the inclined rollers.

The general construction and arrangement of the foot plate is similar to that disclosed in my patent before mentioned and the plate 10 is provided with a longitudinal rib 11 upon its under face and transverse ribs 12 at opposite ends thereof in contact with which are the upper ends of the standards 13 which are secured to the plate in any des red manner, for instance the screw fastenings 14-. Each of these standards is provided with a boss 15 adapted to receive a plvot 16 having bearings 17 in the standards. The parallel rolls 18 to receive the polishing cloth extending over the toe portion of the shoe are connected to these pivots by an improved construction comprising a crimped portion 19 adapted to retain the body 20 of the pivot at the opposite ends of the rolls.

At the rear of the instep portion of the foot plate 11 a cross rib 21 is provided upon its upper surface which forms an abutment for the heel against forward movement of the foot and the heel is supported in a raised position by a block 22 extending above the level of the plate so that the rear of the heel rests upon this block while the forward edge thereof engages the rib. In case of a small heel such as a French heel upon a ladys shoe it may be interposed between the block and rib to hold the foot against longitudinal movement upon the plate.

The foot plate is provided at opposite sides of the heel portion 23 with extensions 24 formed with elongated slots which are adapted to receive the inclined rollers 26 over which the polishing cloth for use at the heel of the shoe is passed. In order to hold such a cloth downward in its position to engage the heel of the shoe these rollers are tapered downwardly so that the enlarged upper portion 27 acts to force the cloth downward during the re ciprocatory movement thereof in the polishing action. These inclined rollers 26 are adjustably mounted in the slots 25 by means of bolts 28 passing therethrough and provided with securing means such as wing nuts 29 at the under face of the plate.

The bolts 28 pass through an aperture 30 in the pivoting block 31 which may be thereby adjusted in position relative to the size of the heel of the shoe resting upon the plate. This block 31 is formed with a pivoting ear 32 adapted to receive a pivot 33 which passes through cooperating ears 34 carried by the base from which the pivot bolt 36 extends and is adapted to receive the roller 26 which is secured there-- on by any desired means, for instance a screw 37 threaded into the upper end of the bolt 36. These inclined rollers are duplicated at the opposite sides of the foot rest and are connected together by any dc sired means such as a strap 38 which is provided at each end with a, clip 39 st cured to the base 35by a suitable fast-ening device as at 40. I

The rollers normally fall by gravity in to a horizontal position as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 1-, which restores the strap to a position where it will be engaged by the heel of a shoe resting uponthe plate an d the rearward movement of the shoe raises the rollers into their vertical inclined position in which they are retained during the polishing action by the tension of the polishing cloth 41 thereon as indicated in Figures 1 and 2.

The base 35 is formed with an extension 43 which enters a socket 44 in the block or plate 31 to form an interlocked joint to resist the strain upon the rollers in the operation of the polishing cloth. In order to limit the pivotal movement of the supports for the rollers away from the body of the plate the extensions 24: may be provided with suitable stops 42 adapted to engage the plate 31 in its outward travel.

The invention presents a simple and economically manufactured construction of shoe shiner in which theinclined rollers atthe rear are adapted to be collapsed or folded into a substantially horizontal po sition to'permit the convenient storage of the device and its transportation in ordinary hand baggage. The mounting of these rear rollers also permits their being raised in position as the shoe is placed upon the foot plate and does not require a separate manual operation in order to dispose them in proper position for the application of the polishing cloth. These rollers are also adjustably mounted so that they may be shifted relative to the size of the shoe to be polished and to dispose the cloth in proper position to engage both the rear andsides of the counter to effect an efiic ei' and complete polishing operation. The construction of the foot plate also permits the heel to be raised so that the polishing cloth may engage the heel lifts and properly complete the polishing operation as at that time the connecting strap between the inclined rollers drops to a position i low the plate.

While the specific construction of the several parts has been herein: shown and described, the invention is not confined thereto as changes and alterations may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as recited inthe following claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

1. In a shoe shiner, a :foot plate, parallel. rollers having Xed bearings beneath said plate, roller bearings mounted at opposite sides of the upper face of the plate adjacent the heel portion thereof and constructed to told from sulosta ntially vertical position into a horizontal plane, and rollers upon said bearings adapted to receive a polishing cloth. 7 j

2. In a shoe shiner, a foot plate, roller bearings mounted at opposite sides adjacent the heel portion thereoi and constructed to told from a substantially vertical position into a horizontal plane, rollers upon said bearings adapted to receive a polishing cloth, and means connecting said'bearings and tending across the rear of said plate to contact with a shoe disposed thereon to" raise the rollers into operative position.

3. In a ,shoe shiner, a foot plate, roller bearings mounted'upon the upper face of the plate at opposite sides adjacent the heelpon tion thereoi and constructed to fold from a' substantially vertical position into'a horizontal plane, a flexible connection between said bearings at the heel of the plate, rollers upon said bearings adapted to receive a polishing cloth, and parallel'horizontal rollers disposed at opposite sides of said plate beneath the plane'thereof.

4. In a shoe shiner, a" foot plate, roller bearings mounted at opposite sides adjacent the heel portion thereof and constructed to told from a substantially vertical position into a horizontal plane, rollers upon. said bearings adapted to receive apolishing cloth, and means at the heel portion of the plate for adjusting saidbearings laterally thereto and retaining them in adjusted position. i

5. In a shoe shiner, afoot plate, roller.

bearings pivotallv mounted at opposite sides adjacent the heel portion thereof to fold downwardly from their operative position and to swing laterally toward and from the plate, and elongated rollers disposed upon said bearings to receive apolishing cloth.

6. In a shoe shiner, a foot plate, roller bearings pivotally-mounted' at opposite sides adjacent the heel portion thereof to fold downwardly from their operative position,- and elongated rollers disposed'upon saidv hearings to receive a polishing cloth, said rollers being tapered downwardly from their free ends. I 7. In a shoe shiner, a foot plate having a support at the heel portion thereof, bearin rollers disposed at opposite sides of: sai

portion and mounted to normally lie in substantially horizontal position, and means connecting said. rollers for simultaneously raising and retainin them by contact with 1 shoe during a po iingoperation.

8. In a shoe shiner, a foot plate having a raised support at the heel portion thereof, hearing rollers oisposed at opposite sides oi said portion, and a cross rih disposed at the instep portion or" the plate and spaced from said support.

9. In a shoe shiner, a foot plate provided with lateral slotted extensions at the rear tl'iereof, a plate adjustably secured in each of the said s ots and provided With a pivot, a roller bearing mounted upon said pivot, and a clothaeceiving roller carried by said hearing.

10. In a shoe shiner, a foot plate provided with lateral slotted extensions at the rear thereof, a plate adjustably secured in each of? the said slots and provided with a pivot, a roller bearing mounted upon said pivot, a cloth-receiving roller carried by said hearing, and an extension from said bearing having interlocked connection with a socket in said plate when the bearing is in operative position.

11. In a shoe shiner, a foot plate provided With lateral slotted extensions at the rear thereof, a plate adjustahly secured in each of the said slots and provided With a pivot, a roller bearing mounted upon said pivot, 21 cloth-receiving roller carried by said bearing, an extension from said hearing having interlocked connection With. a socket in said plate When the bearing is in operative position, and a stop carried by said extension to limit the outward movement or" said plate.

12. In a shoe Shiner, a foot plate provided with lateral extensions at the heel portion thereof, cloth hearing rollers mounted upon said extensions at opposite sides of the plate and ioldable from an operative to an inoperative position, and a strap connecting said rollers.

13. In a shoe shiner, a toot plate provided with lateral extensions at the heel portion thereof, cloth bearing rollers mounted upon said extensions at opposite sides of the plate and :toldalole from an operative to an inoperative position, a strap connecting said rollers, and clips at the opposite ends of said strap secured to said rollers.

14. In a shoe shiner, a foot plate provided with rollers at the opposite sides thereof, extensions from the heel portion of said plate, vertically inclined rollers mounted upon said extensions and adapted to told from a substantially vertical to a horizontal position, and means connecting the rollers upon said extensions for their simultaneous operation into operative position by contact with the heel of a shoe.

In testimony Whereoi I aflix my signature.

EDWARD JAMES YOUNG. 

